"...to respond to yet another call to face the manifold experiences of the world, and to treat as equally 'heaven-sent' the opportunity to experience joy, grief, triumph, or death -- these were the images that summed up the life of the conscientious Stoic.

"To achieve a state of high-hearted readiness, the individual ego had to undergo 'a total ( Read more... )

Say what you will about Catholics, and there are definitely a few things to be said, but you could never call them anti-intellectual -- which is an insult, in case you might have wondered. A Jesuit astronomer in the news ( Read more... )

Quote/exchange of the day:

"Christopher!"

"Uh oh. You only call me Christopher when you're mad or when we're having sex..." Pause. "Baby, are you mad when we're having sex?"

"Sometimes."

Meme ( Read more... )

Going to Omaha for 10 days. 3-day road trip -- with Lancelot yowling the whole way -- and then a week in the precise centre of the USA. Then back to my empty apartment. Which will be weird. Bon voyage, me.

Remember in Donnie Darko, when Drew Barymore gets fired, walks out into the courtyard, and screams, "FUCK!!"?

FUCK.

As if you couldn't tell from my last post, I think I have a crush on Karen O now. She's so dreamy...

Altogether a very good show, despite many and massive flaws. Here's how it shook down:

1) The first guy, Imahn somehting-or-other, was an extremely talented musician and songwriter, whose music was not at all interesting enough to hold my attention. This may be by virtue of the fact that he is just one dude with an acoustic. He was surprised and ( Read more... )

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Your results:
You are Jean-Luc Picard
Jean-Luc Picard
70%
Data
56%
Deanna Troi
55%
Mr. Scott
50%
Will Riker
50%
Spock
47%
Leonard McCoy (Bones)
45%
An Expendable Character (Redshirt)
45%
Uhura
40%
Beverly Crusher
40%
James T. Kirk (Captain)
35%
Mr. Sulu
35%
Geordi LaForge
35%
Worf
35%
Chekov
25%

A lover of Shakespeare and other
fine ( Read more... )